Suspected Drug Dealer Nabbed After Sale In Vernon: Task Force

VERNON, CT — A suspected drug dealer was taken into custody on Thursday after he sold his goods to an undercover officer in Vernon, police said.

The buy-bust operation was spearheaded by the East Central Narcotics Task Force, which had received information that a man who goes by the street name of "Diddy" was selling crack cocaine in the Rockville section of Vernon, according to a news release.

"Diddy" was identified as Sydney Lollar. He was found to be selling crack cocaine at a

garage on Windsor Avenue in Vernon and had sold it to an undercover officer on multiple occasions, according to a news release.

Police secured four warrants for Lollar's arrest, and he had just more than 15 grams of crack, packaged for sale, when he was taken into custody, according to a news release.

Lollar, 28, was charged with:

• Possession of narcotics
• Possession of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a school or daycare
• Sale of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a school or daycare

Lollar was being held overnight on a total of $650,000 in bonds and is slated to appear in Rockville
Superior Court on Friday, police said.

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